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EVERETT W. BIGELOW, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,643, dated November5, 1878 application filed August 22, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT W. BIGELOW, of Boston, of the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Corsets and Busks therefor 5 and do hereby declare thesame to be described in the following specification and represented inthe accompanying drawings, of which Figurel denotes an outer sideelevation, Fig. 2 a rear view, and Fig.3 a transverse section, of thefront portions of the two separate body parts of a corset, my inventionbeing shown as applied thereto. Fig. 4 is aside view of the separate ordetachable busk without its lacing.

The invention consists, first, in acorset provided at its inner edgeswith connecting studs and clasps and supporting-steels therefor, andhaving arranged between such steels, and projecting from one of the twobody portions, a fly, as described, to connect with the corset adetachable busk separate from the said studs, clasps, and steels;second, in a corset provided at its front edges with connecting studsand clasps and their supporting-steels, and also'having a fly and adetachable husk, all being arranged and combined essentially as setforth; third, in the bush as composed of two steels and a coveringtherefor, having separate pockets for reception of such steels, and alsohaving between such pockets a space provided with lacing holes oreyelets, or with such and a lacing, all being substantially asrepresented.

When a bush is permanently fixed or sewed in or to a corset and becomesaccidentally broken, as frequently happens, in such cases muchinconvenience as well as loss is occasioned thereby, especially when theparty having the corset is not conveniently situated for having itrepaired.

In carrying out my improvement, I construct one of the body parts A A ofthe corset with a flexile fly, B, arranged along its inner edge, or toproject from the front-steel pocket, at, in manner as represented, thesteel b of such pocket being furnished with a series of buttons orfastening-studs, c, projecting from it in the usual manner, to engagewith a set of loops, clasps, or catches, 0, projecting from acorresponding steel inserted 1n the opposite part A of the corset. Thesaid fly'I provide with a series or sets of lacing holes or eyelets, d,which may be arranged in it in pairs, in manner as shown. This fly isfor connecting to its body part A the detachable busk D, which also hasa corresponding series or sets of lacing holes or eyelets, 0, arrangedin it in like manner, to receive with those of the fly a lacing, O,which I usually fasten at one end directly to the husk, or, having lacedit through the fly and the busk, I properly secure or tie it to itselfat or nearits ends.

Instead of the lacing and holes, as described,

buttons and button-holes may be employed to connect the bush and fly;but with the lacing an additional advantage is gained-that is, the buskmay be curved more less, and its curve be retained by drawing the lacingtight and fastening it at its free end to itself or the busk.

The busk I usually compose of two parallel steels, ff, and a covering,g, having pockets h h to receive them, there being a narrow space ofcloth, 6, between the two pockets, to re ceive the lacing holes oreyelets, as represented. Thismode of constructing the busk is productiveof advantages, as it enables the busk to be folded along its middle, onehalf upon the other, and enables the bush to fit or better adjust itselfto the wearer than would be the case were its covering to contain onewide band of steel only.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the two entire body portions A A of the corsetprovided with the detachable busk.

I am aware that before my invention corsets have been provided in theirfronts with detachable springs, such being as shown in Patents Nos.86,183, 48,045, 167,958, and 201, 490, all of which, though in somerespects like my invention, differ very materially therefrom in others,as will be seen by reference to such patents.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as such is asfollowsthat is to say: 1. A corset provided at its inner edges withconnecting studs 0 and clasps c, and their supporting-steels, as setforth, and having arranged between the said steels, and projecting fromone of the body parts A A of the cor set, a fly, B, as described, toconnect with the corset a detachable busk, D, separate from said studs,clasps, .and their supportingsteels, all being substantially asrepresented.

2. A corset, A A, provided at its front edges with connecting-studs cand clasps c, and their supporting-steels, and also having a fly, B, anda detachable busk, D, arranged with and applied to such fly,substantially as set forth.

3. A busk, D, composed of two steels and of a covering therefor, havingarranged in it, as shown, separate pockets for reception of such steels,and also having between such pockets lacing holes or eyelets or devicesfor as explained.

EVERETT W. BIGELOW. Witnesses:

It. H. EDDY, JOHN R. SNow.

